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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 14. 1953 (Thuriday)
Parking meter violations
fines would be increased from
SO cents to $1 under an ordi
nance the Medford city coun
cil ordered drawn up last
night.
Jackson county is now
without a shelter home for
juvenile cases.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 14. 1943 (Tueiday)
Medford residents warned
they must conserve on water
during coming summer be
cause of necessity of supply
ing Camp While with water.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Stock
men of the county have been
busy all week marking and
branding the meat shortage
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 14, 1933 (Thursday)
Grand Jury to investigate
charge (fiat local residents
have been receiving free
meals and free living space
at county jail.
Albert Burch, former Rogue
valley orchardist, receives in
vitation to join council of
Pcnyeng university at Peking,
China.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 14. 1923 (Friday)
About $5,000 in stale aid
approved for Jackson county
fair.
Bill proposing sale of Ash
land Normal school and use
of funds for Monmouth Nor
mal school dies in legislative
committee after bnlnn nn.
posed by Jackson county resi
dents.
50 YEARS AGO
Feb. 14, 1913 (Sunday)
Jackson county's "cnnrl
roads bill" passes in Oregon
house and senate after efforts
of Rep. C. L. Rcamcs break
deadlock.
Uniicd States congress ap
proves measure appropriating
$40,000 for federal building
in Medford.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct li superior;
even or eight Is eicollent; five or
it li good.
1. Are the large Hawaiian
farms called plantations,
ranches or stations?
2. Is a catamaran a flower,
animal, bird or boat?
3. What is measured in
watts?
4. How many of the 12
Apostles were crucified?
5. With what phrase did All
Baba open his cave?
6. Of what is genuine parch
ment made?
7. A and B leave town lit
3:00, A going west at 40 mph
and B going cast at 20 mph.
A breaks down at 4:00 while
B has no trouble; how far
apart are they at 5:30?
8. How often does the gey
ser. Old Faithful, cruot?
9. Is carbon monoxide
heavier or lighter than air?
10. What is the name given
to brother-sister twins?
Answers: 1. Plantations. 2.
Boat. 3. Electric current. 4.
Three (Simon, Andrew and
Peter). 5. "Open Sesame." 8.
Sheepskin. 7. 90 miles. 8.
About every hour. 8. Lighter.
10. Fraternal twins.
Washington - (I'Pli - The Red
Cross has suggested a pain
less alternative to the h king
fad. Richard Harris, director
of water safety, said Wednes
day swimming is much less
gruelling than walking and
no one ever has developed
blisters while doing It,
FEBRUARY 14. 1963
Two-Story Litter
Long before it was opened, a number of resi
dents wondered what Medford would look like
from the freeway overpass.
Since tourists are attracted by what they see,
and since the tourist dollar is so important to
the economy of southern Oregon, many persons
felt it was important to make Medford as visually
appealing as possible.
One downtown businessman even suggested
that the rooftops of buildings in the core area be
painted a variety of different vivid colore to
catch the tourist's eye as he whizzed through the
city on the overpass. There was perhaps merit to
the idea.
Plantings of certain shrubs and bright flowers
creation in effect of small, rooftop gardens
might also have brought credit and a reputation
for beauty to Medford.
DUT whatever might have been done to enhance
the sight of Medford
pass suddenly became less possible recently when
a giant billboard reared its ugly, commercial, two
faced head on 10th street.
There it stands on girders a monument to
selfishness and bad taste its sign jutting up
over the railing of the freeway, shrilly exhorting
the passing motorist about where to sleep, eat
ana Duy nis gas.
Responsible citizens,
take a dim view of this sort of thing, are helpless.
The sign was erected in a commercial zone, and
as such it is perfectly legal and in keeping with
city ordinances.
True, too, there is only
where it has led, others
Count on it.
I JNLESS a strong public reaction sets in and
soon there will likely be an absolute jungle
of such signs (or even
freeway overpass the whole length of the city, or
at least as far as present
struction.
Conceivably, the tourist, at some point in the
near future, will not even
town Medford: Nothing will be visible to him
but rows of garishly competing billboards, one
after the other.
We know that commerce not love makes
the world go around, and
But we would appeal to
care about our city not
rush ot self-seekers, hastily erecting signs to ad
vertise their businesses.
California Governor
"When a man throws an empty cigarette package
from a car in California, he is liable to a fine of $50.
When a man throws a billboard across a view he is
liable to be richly rewarded. I see little difference
between the damage done by these two lltterbugs,
the amateur and the professional."
Agreed. G.H.B.
New Hope for
For the first time, it
though Oregon may finally have a national sea
shore in the magnificent dunes region south of
1! lorence.
Such a proposal was
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, but got exactly no-
wnere under the Eisenhower administration.
When the Kennedy administration came to
power, it was much more sympathetic, but prog
ress on the dunes nronosal was effectively
blocked by the then-congressman from the Fourth
District, bclwm Durno, who preferred a Forest
Service recreational area to one administered by
the National Park service, and by the Hatfield
administration, which insisted on certain nrovisos
in any seashore plan which were largely unac
ceptable to the rark Service.
"TWO changes have brought renewed hope for
the Dunes.
One is the taking office of Robert Duncan as
congressman from the district. Duncan is not a
whole-hog-or-none dunes enthusiast, but he is the
advocate of a compromise which will result in a
seashore somewhat less
He believes that a compromise can be achieved
The second is that
Governor Hatfield has become far more conscious
of and attentive to the needs for and potentiali
ties of recreational development in the state.
There is reason to believe this modified atti
tude will continue.
A COMPROMISE proposal, which would as
Vsure home owners in the area that thev wouh
not be dispossessed, which would protect the
highway from honky tonk "development," and
which would assure the ultimate protection and
appropriate development of the area by the Park
Service, would not satisfy anyone wholly. But
it would be a long step in the right direction.
We have always strongly advocated the cre
ation of an Oregon Dunes National Seashore.
We do so for two reasons.
First it would give us great personal pleasure
to visit the area, which is one of our favorite parts
of the state.
Secondly, and a bit loss selfishly, it would
have an important and constructive impact on
the economy, not only of western Lane county,
but the entire state.
Our third largest "industry" is tourism, and a
Dunes Seashore would provide a tremendous
attraction. We hope it is
from the freeway over
who might ordinarily
one sign so far. But
will be sure to follow.
worse ones) lining the
zoning permits their con
be able to see down
we're resigned to it.
those businessmen who
to join what may be a
Pat Brown recently said :
the Dunes
is betrinnintr to look as
first made bv the late
than the enthusiasts want,
in the mist vear or two,
approved. Soon. E.A.
MEDFORD
...Communications ...
Rebuttal
To the Editor: I'm sorry to
disagree with you out I have
to say I did not criticize our
Secretary of Slate for giving
the campaign material of the
Freedom Center to the Dis
trict Attorney. I criticized him
for blasting the Center across
the state before the request
was given to Walter Huss,
Director of Freedom Center.
He did the same thing to
Spangler, author of the "Rec
ord of Wayne Morse." The
Freedom Center is a non
profit, non-political organiza
tion and Is recognized as such
at Salem.
Now for Howell Appling
Jr., Secretary of State:
Dear Sir: Received your
letter, also the photostatic
copy of the Freedom Center's
filing. Neither disproves what
I said. Walter Huss, Director
of Freedom Center filed - yes.
But: Did you admit to Huss
in your office that you had
been "premature" in releasing
the statement to the press in
sinuating the Freedom Cen
ter's guilt? Did you also refer
to the conservative letters
you received In protest as
"silly"?
Funny thing on what you
protest. You apparently care
nothing that "The Worker,"
the Communist newspaper,
praised Edith Green's support
of the "Mother's March for
Peace," but object strongly to
an American to prove that
these marches are Communist
inspired.
Walter Huss talked with
the District Attorney and
proved to her satisfaction that
there were no campaign
funds. She then offered to
go to court and drop charges.
Walter Huss then filed a
report, not for political ex
penses but as an addendtrn.
would prove that the Freedom
Center's general rece'pts to
carry on the publishing of
its educational material for
the organizational use was
outside the law. Huss pointed
out that law, ORS260.07, para
graph 3 and 4, says that total
receipts and expenditures not
greater than $50 and only
contributions of $5 or more
need be itemized.
Furthermore, I wonder how
many organ! lions have not
filed? Only recently a small
item appeared on the back
pages of the paper saying that
a certain well known party
had not filed yet. The head
of the party said she would
send hers in and would notify
the rest of the chapters. Mind
you not over 10 days ago! No
headlines, no blasting o
guilt, just a reminder! So I'll
stick to what 1 said, "that he
was loud to accuse." but re
fused to remove the unjust
smear. ,
Ella Powell,
Box 821.
Central Point, Ore.
Questions Answered
To the Editor: Mr. Stevens,
in his letter of Feb. 8. asks
me some questions which I
would like to answer.
1. How would I pay for
national defense? Mr. Slovens,
do you really think personal
income tax equals our nation
al defense budget or the 19ti3
$!18 billion budget? If so, what
are they doing with the bil
lions from corporations, busi
ness, luxury, road, excise,
capital gain, etc., taxes. Do
you deny that more money is
wasted on things like Skyboll,
foreign aid. etc.. than our
personal income tax derives?
We don't need more money,
we need proper use out of
what we have.
2. Am 1 aware of the 18th
amendment? If you had park
ed your history you would
' know that the 18th amend
ment is not a legal basis for
20 to HI per cent taxation.
3. Nowhere In my statement
did I say the cat control bill
was going to cost us money
or that it would be adminis
tered in Salem. I said thai if
some counties have this con
trol without legislation the
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
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other counties can obtain it
also. I said that Mr. Dellen
back was spending tax money
on the legislation. I said let's
do the important things first,
like getting 4 to 5 million
people back to work, like
educating our children prop
erly, or are cats and dogs
more important than our own
children? ($4.8 billion in add
ed tax revenue from these
men would spay a lot of cats.)
Mr. Stevens spouts pro
fusely about facts. Would he
please check the following,
provided by Friends of Ani
mals, as stated in the New
York Telegram on April 23,
1960.
1. 33 million cats and dogs
are born each year. Not SO
million cats as Mr. Stevens
presents as fact.
2. 4 to 6 million destroyed;
not 25 million as he presents
as fact.
3. Less than 20 million left
to defend for themselves, not
23 million as Mr. Stevens pre
sents as fact.
Steve, I did not state any
thing as facts as such, as you
allege. You state several facts
which are untrue. Remember
a very wise man that once
said "Tis a far better thing
to say nothing and be thought
stupid, than to say something
and erase all doubt."?
About my trip Steve, no
"Bon Voyage," please, just
send money.
Raymond D. Roberts
1127 Saling
Medford
Dogs and Stock
To the Editor: The Trihnne
states the dog I shot "was
cnasing her goats." I would
like to add that it also rhaseH
and chewed our 3-months-old
Holstein heifer, and a long
yearling whiteface Angus
heifer, both on the field in
question, and upon a nublic
road, and upon my property,
thus pointing out that no stock
is too large to Be attacked by
this dog.
Oreeon Code. Orriin
20-2203 gives permission for
such dogs to be shot provid
ing they are not on property
owned or under control of the
dog's owner: the dog I shot
was on property originally
under my own control by
lease aareement. hut hprauco
of the absence of a recog
nizable tence, such property
was "under - control" of the
"public," and in open range
area, this gives grazing ani
mals unquestionable rights of
usage.
This same Oregon Code in
structs the sheriff or deputy,
among other officers, to re
move such animals if re
quested. I called the sheriff's
office twice, and I went in to
that office once, and was al
ways promised cooperation,
but after 5'j months of wait
ing. I had to defend my child's
milk supply in the only wav
left me. The milk goat so bad
ly chewed In the udder at the
time I shot this dog, is now
worthless as milking stock.
Mrs. Virginia D. Card
850 Palm st.
Medford
Kids and Crimes
To the Editor: I don't sup
pose you will print this be
cause of possibly alarming
parents who don't realize
what's going on - or maybe
they don't care.
Tliis week end has been a
nightmare when it comes to
broken windows, manhole
covers removed, cars over-
I turned and a dynamite blast
at the high school. But do
the parents also know that at
I a decent junior high dance
Friday night a group of high
school boys tried to crash the
' dance? When asked to leave
! the dance he whips out a
j "Black Widow" switch blade
j knife and puts it to the stom-
ach of a Junior high boy and
asKs mm to meet him outside.
So the Junior high boy gets
some others to go with him
and here was a gang of boys
from high school with knives.
Iron pipes, hoses and cliins.
Political Unity, of Arab North Africa
Long a Dream, But Far From a Reality
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
"Maghreb" is a general
geographic term which cov
ers Arab North Africa from
Egypt to the
Atlantic and
i n c ludes the
c o u n tries of
Libya, Tuni
sia, Algeria
and Morocco.
I - I At ,ne PeaK 01
I iSjl I Moslem pow
1 I"1 I cr 'n Africa
and Europe, it
"w," also included
Spain. Politically, it gener
ally is limited to Tunisia, Al
geria and Morocco, and the
idea of a united Maghreb has
been pressed more or less
enthusiastically since both
Morocco and Tunisia became
independent of France in
1956.
With the advent of Alge I
an independence last year,
the idea took on new Impetus,
presumably with French sup-
Just when the blows were
about to fall the police showed
up and everyone evaporated.
We are thankful for the police
and when I let my daughter
go to this dance I felt confi
dent it was a good safe place
to go, but now I wonder
where you can safely let your
children go.
Do you suppose this is gross
ly exaggerated? Do you sup
pose manhole covers, broken
windows and overturned cars
are all grossly exaggerated?
Because that's the words used,
"grossly exaggerated," every
time this town has a little
trouble.
When is the town of Med
ford going to wake up to the
fact that "this can happen to
you too," and admit we have
a juvenile problem and in
stead of being like ostriches
with their heads in the sand
do something.
You say "what?"
Well one thing, we need
more supervised activity for
these kids to keep them off
the streets.
We need a firmer penalty
for offenders more than
releasing them to the custody
of their parents who some
don't give a darn anyway.
And above all we need to
break this gentlemen's agree
ment between the district at
torney and the owner of the
newspaper about not publish
ing names of youngsters in the
paper. Why? Because no doubt
a few of the better names
might appear, and we don't
want that do we?
At least if there was this
possibility maybe parents
would make an attempt to
know where their children
were and what they were do
ing.
One of the biggest injus
tices is that every teen-ager
is being condemned for the
bad works of a few, and with
publishing names the innocent
would be released from this
condemnation.
Please give this a thought
as this opinion is shared by
many and if we at least tried
this approach we wouldn't
feel quite so bitter when our
kids were lying in the hospital
with their skull crushed with
an iron pipe or their stomach
cut open with a switch blade
knife.
Can't we put it on the ballot
for a vote of the people or do
we. of over 20,000 people,
still have to be bound by rules
made up by a few?
Please don't use my name
as I know my children will
suffer from it by those who
want to get even, but I surely
hope you will put in your
newspaper.
(Name on file)
Medford.
Congratulations
To the Editor: Congratula
tions to Phoenix and Talent!
We have saved our freedom
and can run our own schools.
It is so fine to hear the news
on Lincoln's birthday. That
far-seeing statesman once re
marked: "You can fool all the peo
ple part of the time, you can
fool part of the people all of
the time, but you can't fool
all the people all of the time."
Horace W. Thompson
3842 Hilsingcr rd.
Medford
The Last Puff
To the Editor: It finally
happened. I went to a store
to get my daily vitamins, a
pack of Lucky Strike cigar
ettes. The man behind the counter
was a woman, she said do you
have a license to buy cigar
ettes? I said you are kidding.
She said no. I'd have to
have .i license to buy cigar
ettes. The reason for this is
to stop teen-agers from buying
cigarettes.
I went down and got a li
cense. It cost $2. 50 and a
stamp for 50 cents.
I went back to the styre
port as part of President
Charles de Gaulle's grand de
sign for Africa.
It would link the three in
a federation held together by
close association with France,
and by geography, by a com
mon religion, by common eco
nomic problems and a com
mon interest in the Sahara.
Most enthusiastic promoter
of a united Maghreb was the
late Sultan Mohammed V of
Morocco, who began talking
it up in 1957. The sultan saw
himself as a force between
East and West, had no great
love for Egypt's Nasser and
feared Soviet penetration into
Algeria.
It is the sultan's son, King
Hassan II, who this week
played host to a unity confer
ence in Rabat among the for
eign ministers of Tunisia, Al
geria and Morocco.
But since the Arab world
never has been noted for
unity and Arab politics seldom
are tranquil, the conference
actually came down to one of
differences.
and asked for the cigarettes.
She said do you have a li
cense? I show my license for
the Lucky.
She said we don't have any.
I said g" -;e me a pack of Cam
els. She said do you have a
license for them? I show my
license again. She said you
need a stamp for Camels. So
I went and got a stamp for
Camels.
It cost 50 cents more. I
went back to get my cigar
ettes. I show my license for
the Camels. She said I don't
have any.
I said what in the hell do
you have?
She said we don't sell cigar
ettes. Then a man came in. I said
would you give me a cigar
ette please? He said do you
have a license to bum cigar
ettes? David J. Sletten
' 121 Reager st.
Medford.
Fluoridation
To the Editor: In the MT
1-31-63 Communications we
noted an article from Detroit,
that the City Council (not the
people) had voted to fluori
date the water, after a 14
year campaign (regardless of
the people's wishes and those
who are allergic to it).
The same day we received
in the mail the following ar
ticle. I thought it might be of
interest to compare the "tried
vs. the untried" then draw
your own conclusions.
Mrs. Ernest Santo,
204 Lozier Lane,
Medford.
O
According to James S. Rae,
a University of Toronto chem
istry professor, reported in
The Toronto Daily Star (No
vember 9, 1982) 20 per cent
of Brantford children are suf
fering fluoride poisoning from
drinking fluoridated water.
"Dental fluorosis - mottled
tooth enamel - is seen in
Brantford school children,"
Dr. Rae said, "and this is the
external evidence of fluoride
poisoning indicating damage
to other bony structures of the
body."
In commenting on Dr. Rae's
talk, which was given before
the Rotary Club of Toronto,
the Daily Star said, "Dr. Rae
said his own analysis of Brant
ford water had revealec var
iations in the fluoride level of
up to four or five times the of
ficial level. 'It is impossible
to control the amount of flu
oride in public drinking wa
ter,' he claimed.
"Brantford. in 1945, became
the first Ontario community
to add fluoride to its water
supply. "
Her Treasure Chest
To the Editor:
In a little cottage by the bay
A little woman, old and grey,
Was silent in her rocking
chair.
Upon her head, her silvery
hair
Shone as a halo through
the gloom.
Hieing darkness from the
room.
A smile still lingered on
her face,
A smile that Death could
not erase.
Upon her aged knees did rest
An ancient, little cedar chest,
Filled with treasures from
her past,
And golden memories that
last.
A baby tooth, a golden curl,
A tin-type of a little girl.
An old rag doll, a tiny spade,
A battleship that Johnny
made.
A heart-shaped box, seal
unbroken.
Chocolates sent as a token
Of love. And yellowed with
age.
A card attached, turned
back a page . . .
"Dear Mother, Be My Val
entine This February 14, 1909."
Gertrude Hughes McLean
Rt. 5. Box 5820,
Oroville, Calif. t
Of recent vintage and still
just below the surface was
the bitter quarrel touched off
by Tunisian charges that Al
gerian Premier Ahmed Ben
Bella supported a December
assassination plot against
President Bourghuiba.
There also were Moroccan
resentment against Tunisian
recognition of the independ
ence of Mauretania and Mo
rocco's claims against Algeria
in the Sahara.
Morocco particularly has
its eye on Tindouf, which it
claims France artificially ab
sorbed into Algeria. Tindouf
is an oasis of a thousand date
palms and a few thousand
permanent residents.
Its importance rests in the
fact that it is on strategic
Saharan air and caravan
routes and is close to one of
the largest iron ore deposits
in the world at Gara Djebilet.
Preliminary surveys showed
the deposits to contain more
than two billion tons of ore.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c. Field Enterprises. Inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
In past generations, it used
to be hard to be the child of
a clergyman, and have to live
up to the neighbors' expecta
tions; today, the hardest role,
I suspect, is being the child
of a psychiatrist and under
the neighbors' continual scrut
iny for signs of gross malad
justment. A woman may be candid
enough to tell you her age,
but she is still vain enough
to be annoyed if you do
not pretend to feel surprise
at the discrepancy between
her years and her appear
ance. Speeches should have three
well-balanced d i m e n s ions:
breadth, depth, and length;
and it is only when a speech
lacks the first two, that it
over-compensates in the third.
Parents who think they
love their own children,
but find other people's
children annoying or de
ficient or blameworthy,
don't really love their own,
except as possessions or as
extensions of their ego; for
a person who genuinely
loves trees might especial
ly favor a tree growing on
his front lawn, but would
find all trees interesting
and attractive, no matter
where they grow.
"The dullest people have the
greatest faith in education;
but the fact remains that
when a bore acquires a new
subject, it does not liberate
his mind or spirit, but simply
gives him another area to be
boring about.
I have never understood
how we can call anything in
nature "unnatural"; isn't
the so-called "unnatural"
sin-ply that part of nature
we have not yet apprehend
ed? Politics is such a dirty busi
ness chiefly for the reason
given, pungently and accur
ately, by Richard Whately
more than a century ago,
when he observed: "Party
spirit enlists a man's virtues
in the cause of his vices."
A high degree of poise is
that quality which every
woman desires in herself,
and resents in other women.
When the worm turns, it's
still a worm, just going in
another direction, isn't it?
Most of our problems
arise from reacting when
we should meditate, and
from rr.sditating when we
should react; divested of
the instincts that serve
other creatures so infallibly,
mankind suffers from a
perpetual confusion be
tween his reason and his
reflexes.
0 "&JkC
"The way I heard it, Nikita looks up at De Gaulle
towering above him and says, 'The trouble with you
if you have Napoleonic complex !"
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, about
mid-morning on Tuesday, not
much in the way of what in.
these ultra-modern days wa
have come to call NEWS is
happening.
Nobody is circling the
earth in a space ship. Nobody
has taken off for the moon.
No empires have fallen. Noth
ing particularly new is hap
pening in (Juoa. no new
schemes to spend ourselves
rich have been sprung in
Washington. There are no new
scandals.
All in all, it's a rather quiet
day - so far, at least.
BUT
In our country
February 12 is an impor
tant date. On this day 154
years ago, in a cabin on a
pioneer farm near what is
now the town of Hodgenville,
Kentucky, a child was born.
They named him after his
grandfather Abraham (Lin
coln), who in 1780, sold his
farm in the Shenandoah val
ley of Virginia and with his
wife and five small children
took the long trail to the
Kentucky wilderness.
There, six years after leav
ing Virginia, he was shot and
killed by an Indian, leaving
his family husbandless and
fatherless.
fNE
of this original Abra-
V ham's
sons was named
Thomas. He was a wandering
laboring man, who grew up
literally without ANY educa
tion - at least, without any
education of the type we hava
come to regard as indispen
sable to success. He couldn't
read and he couldn't write.
He couldn't figure.
His son Abraham had no
opportunity for formal edu
cation. Of himself, he said in
his later years: "When I came
of age, I didn't know much.
Still, somehow I could read
and write and CIPHER TO
THE RULE OF THREE."
ABRAHAM Lincoln, you see,
had almost NO formal
education. But he had tho
thirst for knowledge that
gave him WISDOM - which
Webster defines as: "t h a
quality of being wise; ability
to judge soundly and deal
sagaciously with facts; es
pecially as they relate to life
and conduct; discernment and
judgment; sagacity."
Lincoln's WISDOM enabled
him to lead our country
through its greatest crisis.
Education, of course, is price
less. But Lincoln's career
teaches us that education
doesn't necessarily HAVE to
be acquired in a costly school
plant.
LET'S put it this way:
EDUCATION is wonder
ful - and in these abundant
modern days we should sea
to it that every possible op
portunity is provided for the
education of our children.
But formal education isn't
everything. The thirst for
knowledge is the big essential.
FEBRUARY is a great
month in our history. It
includes the birthdays of our
two greatest men - Lincoln
and Washington.
It is worth adding here that
Washington, although a mem
ber of an aristocratic family,
had relatively little oppor
tunity for FORMAL school
ing. Reading, writing and
CIPHERING BY THE RULE
OF THREE comprised the
bulk of his formal education.
TN conclusion, this question
What is the RULE OF
THREE?
Do you know offhand?
rpHE Rule of Three is the
1 rule for finding the fourth
term of a proportion where
three are given. The rule
states that the product of the
means equals the product of
the extremes.
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